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No. 600,810. Patented Mar. 15,1808.

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COIN PRBED APPARATUS FOR ENABLING SUPPLIESOF WATER OR OTHER LIQUIDS TO BE OBTAINED.

No. 600,810. Patented Mar; 15,1898,

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, RICHARD J. STREATFEILD, OF- BAWTRY, ENGLAND.

COIN-FREED APPARATUS FOR ENABLING SUPPLIES OFWATER OR OTHER LIQUID TO BE OBTAINED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,810,dated March. 15, 1898. Application filed September 4, 1897. $erial No\ 650,666. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD JAMES STREAT- vFEILD, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Rossington Hall, Bawtry, in the county of York, England, have invented certain Improvements in Coin-Freed Apparatus for Enabling a Supply of Water or other Liquid to be Obtained, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby a predetermined quantity of water or other liquid can be obtained on the insertion of the proper coin or the like into the apparatus,the arrangement being such that only the proper predetermined quantity of water or other liquid can be obtained for the said coin or the like.

According to my invention Iprovide a cistern or other vessel capable of containing the amount of water'or liquidto be drawn off for each payment. At the side of this cistern or vessel is a boxer casing in'closing the mechanism which is freed by the coin or the like.

This mechanism consists of a device which when 1n one position engages and locks the lnlet-valve for water or liquid to the cistern or vessel and leaves the draw-off valve free to be operated and when in another position engagesand locks the draw-oh": valve and releases the inlet-valve for water or liquid to the cistern or vessel,.so that water or liquid can not flow into the cistern or vessel except when the draw-oft valve is closed. The said device is brought into the last-named position by means of a coin or the like inserted into the apparatus and caused to act upon the 'said device.

I do not limit myself to precise details, but the following is a suitable arrangement of mechanism for the purpose of obtaining a supply of water from a cistern. I will explain it with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein--- Figure 1 is aside elevation, and Figs. 2 and 3 vertical sections, respectively, showing the mechanism in the position in which water is being supplied from the cistern and the position when the coin has acted to release the inlet-valve and lock this draw-off valve. Figs. 4c and 5 show details separately.

The cistern A is filled by means of an ordinary ball-cock C, to which is attached a disk 0, with a slot, recess, or notch c in it to scending even when the water falls, and thus water is prevented from entering the cistern. The other arm of the lever D is formed at d so'as to be capable of engaging with a recess ornotch g in a disk G, (shown separately in Fig. 5,) secured to a rod f passing up into the box or casing B (which incloses the mechanism and. protects it from being tampered with) from the plug f of the draw-01f valve F and working with it when it is operated by the handle f The part 02 can only so engage with the notch g, however, when the draw-off valve F is closed, as if the said draw-off valve be not turned off the recess 0r notch g in the disk G will not be opposite to the tail cl 'of the lever D, and the latter will be held in position by the edge of the disk Gr, so that the ballcock C will not be released. Thus water cannot flow into and out of the cistern A at the same time. To effect the movement of the lever D by a coin, I provide a wheel H, (shown separately in plan and side view in Fig. 4,) in which a slit or recess h is out across the periphery large enough to hold the coin 2', so as to leave a part of it projecting, as shown in Fig. 3. The coin is inserted in a slit 1) in the box or casing B and conveyed by a flat tube or passage 1) into the recess in the said wheel H, the axis of which is carried through the side of the box orcasing B and is there ver-handle 77,

Suppose that the cistern A is empty, but the valve 0 is held in the closed position by the engagement of the projection d of the lever D with the notch c in the disk 0. To ob tain a supply of water, the draw-ofi tap F is turned oft, so that theslot g in the disk Gin connection therewith comes opposite the tail d of the lever D. Onacoin being passed into the slot 6 therefor in the box or casing B the said coin will slide down the passage provided with a leb into the recess h in the wheel H, so that when the lever-handle h is turned the projecting part of the coin presses against the lever D, as shown in Fig. 3, overcoming the force of the spring e and releasing the valve 0. The coin after passing the lever D falls into the bottom of the box B, and the leverhandle 7L2 when released drops back into its original position, Where it is held by a stop 71, so that the wheel H is ready to receive another coin. As soon as the coin ceases to press on the lever D the force of the spring is exerted on the lever; but until the cistern A is filled with water and the ball fioats up the lever D is kept in position by the edge of the disk 0 on the ball-valve 0, thus locking the draw-off valve F by reason of the end d of the lever Dstillengaging in the notch g in the disk G; butwhen the water has risen to its full height in the cistern Athe floating.

up of the ball will bring thenotch in the disk 0 into such a position that the projection (1 of the lever D enters the said notch 0 so as to lock the ball-valveO, and the drawoff valve F is at the same time released by the end (1 of the lever D leaving the notch gin the disk G, so that the contents of the cistern A can be drawn off.

Instead of the spring e a Weight can of course be used as theequivalent.

Havingnow particularly described andascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1 In a coin-freed apparatus for enablinga supplyof liquid to be obtained, the combination of =a supply vessel having an inletvalve and a hand-operated draw-off valvewith a locking device adapted to lockthe inlet-valve-and release the draw-off valve, or vice versa, and means whereby-thesaid locking device may be operated on the insertion of a coin, substantially as described.

2. In a coin-freed apparatus for the purpose described, the combination with a cistern or vessel, for containinga supply of water or liquid, of a notched disk on the inletvalve, and a notched disk on the draw-off valve, and a lever whose opposite ends when engaged with the notch in one disk are respectively disengaged from the notch in the other disk, and a coin-receiving wheel and means for operating it to cause the coin to act upon the lever, substantially as hereinbefore described.

3. In a coin-freed apparatus for enabling a supply of liquid to be obtained, the combination of a supply vessel having an inletvalve carryinga float and a draw-off valve witha locking-lever adapted to lock the inlet-valve and release the draw-off valve, or vice versa, and means whereby the said lockin glever may be operated on the insertion of a coin, substantially as described.

4. In a coin-freed apparatus for enabling a supply of liquid to be obtained, the combination of a supply vessel having an inletvalveand a hand-operated draw-off valve, with a locking-lever adapted at one end to lock the inlet-valve, and at the other end to release the draw-off valve, or vice versa, and means whereby the said locking-lever may be operated on the insertion of a coin, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

R. J. STREATFEILD.

Witnesses W. ;I. WEEKS, H. D. HosKINs. 

